The search for an alarm clock, which allows with gently ascending alarm to start the day by waking instead starting up is not so simple. If one is willing to spend much more than 50 euros, you can find some suitable models, but in this price range of small Philips is unbeatable. Setting up is easy and quick, because the key functions are virtually self-explanatory, the view of the (very unwieldy poster-size print) manual is almost superfluous. Batteries which are in the puffing of the time and alarm time during power outages are not resolved - so you should buy two AAA cells to. The reception is (in Berlin Lichterfelde) excellent, the transmitters come without noise or distortion on. Of course you can expect from such a device no mini hi-fi sound, but at least sounds the alarm not quäkig or tinned. The indicator is not too bright - the light does not interfere in his sleep - but is clear enough to be read easily at nighttime awakenings. The most important thing at the alarm clock so clearly is the awakening. And since there is nothing to complain about, he keeps the promise the advertising with the droll "Gentle Wake". The radio plays at first very quietly and then gradually slow louder. The snooze button provides ten minutes snooze time - for my taste a little too much, five would have preferred, but you can, especially for under 15 euros, do not expect too much. So my conclusion: thumbs up. The wakes really gentle and operation is a breeze.